Laziness

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Origin

Middle English slouthe, from slow slow

Definitions

  • 1a : disinclination to action or labor : indolence
b : spiritual apathy and inactivity <the deadly sin of sloth>
  • 2: any of various slow-moving arboreal edentate mammals (genera Bradypus and Choloepus) that inhabit tropical forests of South and Central America, hang from the branches back downward, and feed on leaves, shoots, and fruits — compare three-toed sloth, two-toed sloth

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